Serious overpayment, considering the city has 37,000 population.
However, given the racial makeup, he may have earned it:
From Wikipedia: “As of the 2010 census,[12] there were 37,042 people residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 20.4% White, 71.9% African American, 1.2% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 8.1% from other races, with 1.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 15.0% of the population, including 13.4% of Mexican descent”
A friend worked for this district.
IIRC his total package was well over 200K
The demographics are not the same.
From 1994:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-06-10-9406100167-story.html
$188,298 IS TOPS IN SCHOOLS
He only spoke when challenged by Patricia Wirth, a Carol Stream parent.
“Do you honestly feel you do a job worthy of making that kind of money?” she asked.
“I am in a contractual situation with the board, and I need to discuss that with the board,” DiBuono replied.